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The Coming Battle 71
the inevitable war shall be primarily or
entirely a war of the nations, bloody and
disastrous ;
or whether it is not possible
even yet
for the Church to unite her forces,
and to meet the common enemy with a
frank avowal of the first wrong, and an
offer, belated indeed, but now earnest and
of Christ.
sincere, of the knowledge
The approach of Christian to Mussulman
must always be a difficult and delicate task.
He is
prepossessed against Christ, he
cannot believe that Christianity
is other
than a polytheistic Faith,
" The very bells
of the churches ring, Jesus, Mary ; Jesus,
Mary,"
said a Muslim woman. Disdain
of the Prophet rouses his bitterest antagonism.
Discussions and arguments end as
they began.
But there is a soul of honour in him,
and a fair approach meets, as a rule, with a
fair response.
a You have read the Quran
Bring me a Bible," said a bigotted
Muslim
woman to the writer.